Improvement in torpedo-boats



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floating battery. snch station, vessel, or structnrethe said torship orother object of attack, and maybe fired ing fired.

patio-boat construct ed and provided with con- 'v'ided with means fordriving it by carbonicthe mechanism for firing the same.

.iQH-N L. LAY, OF B FA LO, NEW YORK.

'! MPR'QVEMENT EN TORPEDO-BOATS.

l i otion forming part of Letters Patent No. Q B 5,303, dated January14, 1879; application tiled July 17, 1878.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. LAY, of Buf- Tale, in the county of Erie andState of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTorpedo Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland accurate description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The said invention is designed to provide the means whereby a boat orvessel charged with suitable explosive materials-that is to say, atorpcdo-b0at--may be propelled by machinery contained therein, and atthe same time may be kept fully under the control or management of anoperator orsta-ff of operators at station on land or on board a ship orAfter being launched fronr p'edo-boat may be kept under observationandaccurately guided or directed to an iron-clad or discliargedatanydesired moment, or may be caused to return to its station without be-The manner in which I carry my said invention into practice is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying tlrawings, which I will now proceed todescribe. 7

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section(broken in two parts on account of the size of the drawing) of a.tortrolling apparatus, and with means for propell ing it by aminoniacalgas, according to my invention. Fig, 2 is a horizontal longi tudinalsection of the same, si'milarlybroken. Fig. 3 is a horizontallongitudinal section, s imilar-ly broken, showing the same proacid gas.Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line a: w, Fig.1 Fig. 5 is atransverse tioh of the same. Fig. 11 is a transverse'sec tion on theline (1 q, Fig. 9. Figs. 12 and 13 are side views of the bow or stemof-a torpedoboat with a detaching magazine or torpedo,"-

the same being shown in two positions. Fig. 14 is a longitudinal sectionof the stern of my torpedo-boat, showing the same with two propellersand steering apparatus. Fig. 15 is a a side view andtransverse sectionof a minible through which the said cable passes in paying it out. of acable-reel and core slightly modified in construction.

Figs. 23, 24, and 25 are views Like letters indicate the same partsthrough out these drawings. v I

A is the bull or body of the boat, which has conical ends AA, and isformed of thin plate iron or steel or other suitable meta This hell isdivided into sections or compartments for:

the various purposes hereinafter described.

All of these compartments are sepa rated from each other by air-tightbulk-heads A.

My torpedo-boat may bep'rovided with a single screwpropeller, or with adouble screw, ortwo screws or propellers, asshownin Figs. 1, 2, 3,14,and 15. The propellers B0 revolve in opposite directions. The shaft D ofthe propeller B is hollow or tubular, and the shaft '15 of the otherpropeller, 0, passes through the same. The said screws or propellers B0are actuatcd by an engine. (Shown at F, Figs. 1, 2,:

and 3.) In the boat shown in Fig. 3 the engine is operated by theexpansive force of carbonicare modifications of certain partshereinafter described. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the stem ofthe said torpedo-boat, showing Fig. 9 is a horizontal longg dinalsection of a portion of the bows, showing the same provided withadjustableside wings or horizontal agelders. Fig. 10 is arerticallongitudinal see-- and 2 it is driven by animoniacal gas; or'I may usecompressed air, or any other fluid which will be an equivalent for suchgases.

The connection of the engine with the twopropellershai'ts is effected bytwo sets of bev'-. ,el-gearing, or by other suitable-means.

The said engine has a'boss or projectiomG,

on which. is fixed a bevel-wheel, 1. 'Iheengine shaft passes throughthis boss and fixed wheel, and is provided with a stud or finger fixedon it, and which carries a similar wheel, 2, that rotates freely on thesaid stud in gear with the wheel. 1, and also with a similar wheel, 3,fixed on the screw-shaft E. in this arrangement of gearing theengine-shaft carries the wheel 2 around the fixed wheel 1, and

thereby imparts rotation to the wheel 3 and shaft Ewith an increase ofvelocity of the the propeller C. V This arrangement of gearing affordsthe means for obtaining very advantage'ou'sly the required velocity ofthe two propellers in opposite directions.

The said heat or vessel is provided with a double set of side wings orhorizontalrcdders, H-two forward and two aft. These 7 side wings orrudders are mounted on shafts or spindles I, passing transverselythrongh the boat, asshown in Figs. a, 1.0, it. attached to the shaft Iare crank-arms J, which have slots for the reception of the ends of theerosshead K. The boss of this cross-head forms not, through which passesthe verticai screw L,

supported and kept from endwise movement by the bearings L L; and byturning; this screw to the right or left the cross-head K andshaft I areadjusted to set the said wings i-i vertically to any desired angle thatis to say, they may be set to escape a horizontal positionor more orless inclined in the proper direction, to cause the subinerging of theboat by the action of. the water on the said wings as theboat movesforward.

This screw L is operated from the outside or the boat by a key or wrenchapplied to the end of the screw L. These side wings or rudders areadjusted to the required angle for causing the necessary subincrgence,or partial sucmergeuce, of the boat before starting or leaving thestation.

Two guide-rods, N, one aft and one forward, project up from the saidvessel, to enable the operator to determine its position at any part ofits journey, and in case of a night attack these rods are provided withlights; but as I have another application for sight-rods pending in thePatent Office, I do not deem it necessary to describe and claim them inthis application.

In some instances I mayieinploy holiow -rods or tubes, with balls ofindie-rubber .or

other like material at the upper ends of the same. These balls can beinflated with gae from the reservoir by means of a suitable valve, torender them visible'to the operator,

and when no longer required can be caused to collapse by exhausting thegas from them; or

thepipes may he so short'as not to project above the water, and open attop, or closed by valves opening outward, and a blast of 'air'or gasfrom the dash will throw up a jet of water ahove these tubes, thusindicating the position oi the boat. v

The medium of communication between the said torpedo-boat and the landor other station occnpied by the operator, and whereby the nest isstarted, stopped, and steered, and has her position ascertained, is anelectric cahie, Q, which is carried in the boat and paid out as the boatprogresses.

The cable is preferably coiled on a reel or in a coil arrangediongitudinally in one of the air-tight compartments ofthe boat, andpasses out through a tube which projects beyond the rudder propeiier, soas not to be caught in or fouled by the propeller. One end of this cahieis connected to a keyboard at thelstation shore or on board of the shipor other structure i'rerni which the torpedo-boats are controiled. Thiskey-board is provided with a suitable battery or other means forgenerattheelectric current. Thesaid cable is composed at several wires,each of which is insulated from the others. he of these wires isconnected with the mechanism for starting and stopping the boat, oneisconnected with the steering apparatus, one serves for' indicating tothe operator at all times the exact po-.' sion of the rudder, one isconnected with mechanism for eievating and depressing the saidguideyrods, and one serves for firing the charge in the magazine.

The motive power for'efiecting the necessary movements of theniechanism'or apparav tna in performing the above operations is ob-'ained from the aforesaid engines, which are provided with snitabievalves arranged in combination with electro-naagnets, shunts, and thedevices connected with the said. wires of the cable, as hereinafter setforth.

For piecing the cable Q in the form'of a coil in the said chamber, Iprefer to uses reel constructed as shown in Figs. 19,20, and 21-- thatis to say, it is provided with an inner core or barrel, R, and twoflanges, R. The said flanges are connected or tiedtogether at or neartheir periphery by rods or bars R prowith hooks, which take hold of therims or'the flanges it. v

The hoot; R at one .end of each rod, is loose, in order that it may headjusted to'fit over the said rim, and, when properly placed thereon, itis tightened on the said rim tobind the ends of the coil by a screw-nut,as shown.

The coil of cable is covered by asheath, R. a

The core or barrel R is divided longitudinally into two or more parts,to permit it to be removed from the coil. While the cablois coiied onthe reei the said coreand end are secured by disks E, provided withnecks or trncnions E. The said trnnnionsv hearings, and theme! turnstherein w rile the cable isbeing coiled. When the ca hie is coiled onthe said reel, the rod and end r in Figs. 14, 15, and 16.

erases 8 pieces are removed. The core is then drawn out pieeeby piece.

' plates secured to the end thimbles by screws.

Fig. 25 isasection of the core, with the thinnbles held together by acentral rod passing throughthem. The coil is wound on the core,beginning at one end, and after a'i'ew turns ofthe coil about thecorethe screws holding the side plates may be removed, when the coil may becompleted, the turns of the cable holding the .side plates of this corein place. Other forms of collapsible core may be readily devised.

1 may use an oval or flattened coil instead oia cylindrical one,byw'indin'g the cable on a core of'suitable form. Theoval or flattenedcoil may then be dropped into the compart-.

ment of the boat, the wires, pipes, &c., leading through the boatpassing over the flattened side of the coil.

It will be observed that I place my coil or reel longitudinally in theboat, so that the turns of the cable surround the central axial 'line oftlieboat, and that I- pay ont'the cable from the inside of the coil.Both these features I deem of much importance.

The thimble which I place in the end of the reel-head after the coil iswound and the core withdrawn has rounded edges, surrounding the centralaperture, and the aperture is somewhat smaller than that in thereel-head; or one reel-head 'may be made with a central aperture smallerthan the core, (which must then be wilhd rawn from the other 0nd,) andthe edges of the head may be rounded to allow the cable to run ensil yout of the reel.

The rudder is operated and controlled by means of a small auxiliaryengine, (shown at T, Figs. '1 and 2,) which is started, stopped, andreversed by the electric current conducted through the said cable inconnection with magnets attached directly to a valve forming part of thesaid engine. This valve is so actuated.

by the said magnets that when-the current passes in one direction theengine will move the rudder to starboard, and when the cur rent acts inthe opposite direction it will turn the rudder to port.

The steering apparatus is most clearly shown In these figures I haveshown the bout provided with adouble rudder ortworudders, one below andone above the boat,aud both fixed to one shaft or stock, U, or twoshafts united by a yoke, through whiclrthe propeller-shaft passes; butit will be'readily understood that I may,if desired, use only onerudder.

'ing with the engine-shaft T.

On the rudder-stockU is an are or sector, U, which is connected by wormor bevel gear- This are or sec tor U is provided with metallic pins orprojections on-its under side; and below this are, and in the pathoi'thesume, I arrange a'spring, U. When the rudders move, these teeth orpoints come incontaet with the aforesaid spring, the'rcby closing theelectric circuit.

' Onboth sides of the rudder-stock U, I arrange a spring or m, U, which,in its norinal position, rests against a contact point' or post, U andthese arms thereby complete the electric circuit; but this circuit'isalso completed through a resistance-coil. Wh'en the rudders U are hardsport or hard a-starboard, the end of the are or segment U, which isfurnished with insulatin -points U'.', will be brought into contact withthe corresponding spring U, and will push the same. out of contact withthe said point or post'Ui and can This then move no further in thatdirection. position o-f'the rudder is indicated-on the keyboard throughthe electric cable by a suitable. indicator.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification of'my steering apparatus, in whicha three-armed lever is fixed on the rudder-post, and is connecteddirectly to the pistons of two eugine-eylinders, U, Fig.3, by rods U".The arm U of this lever is provided with a friction-roller,whichworksnpou the V-sp-ringU. The latter is so formed that when the rudderis, by the action of the said pistons, moved either toport or starboardit tends to restore the said rudder to its central position by bringingthe said friction-roller over either of its inclined surfaces into thecentral angle of the,

said spring, as shown. ()r the spring U may be arranged at one side, andthe central arm ofthe yoke dispensed with, as in Fig. 3.

The mechanism for firing the charge in the magazine A is most clearlyshown in Fig. 8, and operates as follows: Projecting from thefront-extremity or stem of the boat is a rod or pin, V, which extcudsthrough a suitable packing-box, W, into the said magazine or chargechamber. \Vhen the boat strikes an object the said rod is forced inwardinto contact with the springs or points X, thereby closing an'elcctricalcircuit and igniting a cartridge (shown at Y) in the magazine. Thecharge in the magazine can also be fired at any moment by the operatoron shoreclosing a circuiton the keyboard, and thereby cutting out one oftwo. resislancecoils plac'ediu the circuit to 'prevent accidental orpremature discharge-that is to say, there are two resistance-coils. I

v The battery is not sufficiently powerful to 'fire through bothresistance-coils at the same time. 'Whcn the boat strikes an object theresistance-coil in the magazine is cut out by.

the driving inward of the rod masabove described. The battery then firesth rough the one on the key-board. On the other hand, if the operatordesires to fire the torpedo-boat before she touches the object ofattack, be mea I senses nipu'lates the switch to cut out the coil in thekeyboard, the charge then being fired through the coil in the magazine.This arrangement of the two resistance-coils is very eliect-nol inpreventing accidents.

In order that the said torpedo-hoot may he provided with materialtorniziintninin'g'the' action of the fmotorenginesi'or n suiiicienttime, it is sometimes necessary that the reservoir or vessel containingthe gas or fluid from which the motive power is generated should containsuch gas or lluid under at pressure very lunch higher than that underwhich the some can be used in the engines. iherefore it is necessnrytoprovideinenns whereby this pressure can be reduced in its passage fromthe said reservoir to the engine. For-this purpose I employ n. valve orvalves so arranged as to greatly reduce the pressure of the gas pipesand valves to he clearly seen. in this figure I have shown thereducing-valves lost above described hot-h arranged i n the gas-pi pesbetween the reservoir and the engines.

-Thc' valve A** reduces the pressure from the very. high degree inwhichit exists in thereservoir and pipe a to n comparativelymoderatepressure on the pipers, end the valve B**-o lniits the gatS,still further reduced inpr'e ssure, from the pipe a. to thepiperfi, from\vhichiitpesses to the throttleyelve to thelengine. The pipe a,extending through theflask or reservoir, provides coin mnnicetionbetween ihe wnter-spnces A at the ends of the some.

41* is :1 vol ve for closing thepip'e a, and wit ich is-openefd from.the outside oi the boat before relievingthe engine and pi pc e". a showsthe position of the aforesaid throttle' valve, which is controlled bythe operator through the cubic and the mjmgnets c.- a? is a smell ,velvefor admitting" water to the spaces s: to compensate for the grim takenfl'Oll l the reservoir. o is a. pipe, whiehconveys gats from the pipebetween the engine and throttle-valve to a smell cylinder, a. Thiscylinder is provided with a spring-piston, connected by a lever to thesuid'volve uif When the throttlevalve is open the gas overcomes thespring of the said piston and opens the"valvewnherehy admitting water tothe space A. When the throttle-valve is closed the spring forces backthe pistonand closes the when".

a" is a pipe-[or permitting the escape of air from the SpllCGS A" intothe exhaust-pipe of theengine. 7

When ennnonincal gas is nscol emmonie in aliquid stateis carried in 2.cylinder conteining a series of tnhesnnd which is surrounded with water.The gas having exerted its power in the engine is exhausted into thiswater snrrounding the aforesaid cylinder, and it is absorbed by thewater, and during the absorption host is tieveloped, which is impartedto the ant nioniecel gas in the cylinder, thereby mtiirr teining auniform pressure.

In Fig. 6 I haveshovvn in this-watercourportnient a. smell fan orpropeller, driven by n rotary engine, for the purpose of keeping thewater in agitation, and thereby insuring this desired uniformity oftemperatnre.

In someinstnnces I make the magazine detachable from the hnll of theboat, so that on striirin an object it will descend ordrop down in thewater before exploding.

This modification of myinvention is illustrated in Figs. 12, 13, 17, and18. The megazine A is attached otits lower side to the boat by a chainor other suitable connection. At its upper edge it is held by a rod, asshown in Fig. 12'. This rod is fitted to slide in dovetailed henrings,as shown at 3*, nnd' \vhen this magazine is in its place on the boat thesaid rod is engaged with a catch or stop, 0"; but when the said rod isdriven against any object it is forced hack and released-from the saidcatch or stop, and the magazine then drops, a inFig. 13, and is tired. v

To effect the tiring,l prefer to use shall, 13*, pieced in tubecontoiningtwo springs or plates, E, and arranged in an upwardly-in"clined position, as shown in Fig? 12, one of the said springs heingconnected with the cabie, end the other with n wire that passes throughthe cartridge to the ground; vVhilethe megszinc is in the position shownin Fig. 12 the circnit is incompiete; but when themagezine drops,theseid hell falls into the position shown in Fig. 13. The eircuitisthencompleted ondcthe magazine is tired.

- The electrical or electromagnetic apparatus for generating, directing,and controlling the currents, whereby the above-described operationsereeffected, niey hoot any suitable kind;

For operating and controllingthe abovodescriheii steering epparetus, andindicating the position of the rudder to the operator on shore, i usethe following devices, in combination with the pole-changers on thekey-board.

These poiechengers are geared together-by int-.1

snleted toothed wheels, which are fixed on the spindles or axles of thesaid pole-changers so that the letter work accurately together andmaintain the same relative positions to each other. One pole-changer isconnected by one of the shid insulated entitle-wires with a shunt onboard the beet, whichshunt iseornieetert with a set of magnets arrangedin combination with the valve of the engine that drives der to port orsterhoerd at the wiil ot' the op; crater. But in order that the operatormay.

know the exact position of the rudder at any moment, I employ the devicehereinbcfore dcscribcd, consisting of a series of pins or pro jectionsfixed on an are or other portion of the rudder-stock, and arranged incombination with an insulated spring projecting into the connected byone of the cable-wires with a polechanger on the key-board, which isgeared with and moves in unison with the other polechanger, so that theelectric current that controls the steering-engine and the curren thatreturns the indication of the rudders position will'both be reversedsimultaneously. A sepa rate battery is connected with the index on thesaid keyboard, whereby a constant current is maintained between thisindex and the indicating apparatus on the boat. The current passing fromthe said spring to the shore is made to indicate the position of therudder" by the index on the lrey-hoar d. Now, it will be obvious thatwhen the rudder is turned in either direction, the pins on the sector Uwill come successively in contact with the spring U and at each contactand separation the cir cuit will be made and broken, and an impulse willbe transmitted through the cable, whereby acorresponding movement willbe transmitted tothe said indexfin'geror pointer on the keyboard. Aswitch on the key-board is connected with anothcrf'ot' the saidinsulated wires of the cable, which forms the circuit to the firingmechanism of the torpedo or magazine-which includes thc'albresaid tworesistance-coils. ly adjusting this switch the operator completes thecircuit through the two resistance-coils, and then, but not till then,the charge can be exploded either by the operator or by the action ofthe firing pin or rod, when the same is driven in and cuts out the otherresistance-coil, as above described.

By referring to Fig. 8, the arrangement of i the resistance-coil andconnecting-wires on the boat may be fully understood. Theresistance-coil XI is connected by the wires 7 8 to the binding-screws910, which are insulated 'i'fbm the case or box Z, but are connectedwith the springs or points X. The wire 11 from thekey-board battery isconnected to the screw 9, and the wire 12 extends from the screw 10throughthe cartridge-.1 to the ground. Now, when the'opciatonasaforcsaid, cuts out the resistance-coil on shore by actuati the'switchon the key-board, the current from the battery is snllicientiy powerfulto fire the said cartridge through the resistance-coil X, and

the operator can thus lire the charge at any momentyor hccan await thecontact of the boat with the ship or other structure to beattacked,'when the charge will be fired automatically by the driving inof the rod V, as above described. When this rod is driven so that itsinner extremity or point, V, is in corrtact with the springs X thecircuit is completed through the wire 11, springs X, the point V, andwire 12, and the charge is fired.

Vlhat I claim as my'invcntion isforth. path of t-hesaid series of-pins.This spring is 1. The two propellers, one in rear of the other, thetubular propeller-shaft, the engine, and the system of gearing, all incombination, so that the screw-propellers move inopposite directions andwith different velocities, as set 2. A. torpedo-boat having side wingsor diving rudders, and mechanism, substantiallyas described, foradjusting said rudders to any desired angle prior to launching the boatand retaining them in that position, as set forth.

3. A pair of diving wings connected to a screw-shaft, one end 01' whichprojects through the side of the boat, as shown.

4. The combination, with the sight-rods of a torpedo-boat, of an elasticglobe or target,

which is inflated from the gas-flask, as shown and described.

The cable-reel having a detachable core,

on which the cable is wound,which core is removed to permit the payingout of the cable from the inside of the coil, as forth.

6. A skeleton cablerecl having end plates and side clamps and around-edge deliveryorifiee for the cable, as described.

7. The combination of the reel-plate R and thimble R as set forth.

8. A collapsible core, constructed substantially as described, incombination with the end plates and holding-rods of a reel, as setforth.

9. The combination of thcrecl ends R having central apertures, with theclampingrods R, for retaining a coil of cable.

10. The collapsible core of the cable-reel,consisting, essentially, ofthe side plates, R, end plates, R or equivalent devices, to retain theend'platcs and side plates in their relative position.

11. The core of the cable-ree consisting of side plates and end platesprovided with trunnions, in combination with the end plates, R

R, of a cable-reel,- all as set forth.

12. The combination of a skeleton reel for holding the cable, said reelhaving end plates and retaining-rods, with a torpedo-boat, when saidreel is placed longitudinally of the boat in a compartment thcrcofiso asto pay out the coil of cable from the inside, as set forth.

13. The combination of the rudder and the electric indicator; toindicate the position of the rudder to the operator, as set forth.

14. A rudder stock or head provided with projecting pins,wl1ich, in themovement of the rudder, serves to open and close the electric circuitand indicate the position of the rudder through suitable mechanism,substantially as described.

1 The combination of sector U on the rudder stock, its connecting andprojecting pins, the spring U and its connecting electric wires, and asuitable indicating device at the operating-station, whereby theposition of the rudder is indicated to the operator.

16. The combination of thc rnddcr and the engine by mechanismsubstantially as described, whereby the operator is enabled to "controlthe rudder and engine by single electric circuit, substantially as setforth.

17; The combinatiomwith the rudaier-yohe, of safety springs andresistance coils and wires connecting with the engine, as set forth,

18. The combination of the redder-yoke or its equivalent, the electricaindicating device, and the, sefet-y'springs wires connecting to therudder-engine, whereby the en- .gine is stopped entometienlly when itreaches its extreme position.

19. The combination of sector U on the rudder-stock, having insulatedpoint-s, the

safety-springs, the connecting electric wires,

and the magnets'which control the rneirlcrengine, whereby the positionof the-rnciders's indicated on thehey-boartl by the cieetric cur rent.

20. The combinntion, in n torpeGobnnnef-n gas-engine, n compensatingwater-tank, anti en automatic valve to control the ncimission of Waterto the tank, substantially as set forth.

trols the inlet-valve, and the water-inlet valve and'its pipe, nilsubstantially as set fortin 28. The combination of the gas-pipe a", thethrottle-valve operated by magnets c gaspipe af, and water-inlet valvea, snbstantially as described.

2%. fl torpedo-boat having the charge or magazine containeri in aseparate detachable section at the bow, which section completes,

findfOiHiS part cf the boat proper. 1

25. The. tietsehable prow of the boat, the retaining clasp, and theprojecting rod which releases the grow, all in combination, as setforth.

26; The combination of the firing-rod with the electricfinrrcnt wi res,whereby the circuit is compieted 'aLdthe torpedo fired bythe electricspnrkon contact with an obstacle.-

323. h bi'iration of the firing-rod, the

and their projections X, and the circuit: tan. A resistance-con i '28.Thccombinntion of two resistance-coils and connecting wires and a firingrod, ar

ranged as described, so that the'contnctof the firing-rod with obstacleserves to cut out one of the resistance-coils and fire the charge, asset forth.

29. The combination, Withthe animoniacalgas engine oi a. torpedo-boat,of it water-conipartnzent to absorb the gas aft-er use and an agitatorto accelerate absorption. v

30. A runner-shaft projecting above and beiow the hull, and collared soas to passround the propellershaft, as shownin Fig. 16. In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as any own E aiiix my signature in presenceof two Witnesses.

JOHN. L. LAY.

Witnesses:

LEWIS SANDERSON, ROWLAND GEO. Bnowr

